Spatial planning

The best line

What will the landscape look like once the new lines have been built? Photomontages and renderings give the engineers a picture of the reconfigured space; here the portal of the Gotthard Base Tunnel near Erstfeld. (2010, AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd)

Transport routes change the landscape. The routing of the NRLA lines thus becomes a matter of spatial planning.

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The Infras consultancy presents the input for a spatial planning report to the Federal Office of Transport. The report is published on 13 December 1993. For once, the focus is on regions not directly affected by the NRLA: Graubünden and Central Switzerland (Schwyz, Lucerne and Zug). Like many others, the report deals with the impact of the chosen routes on Switzerland's «spatial structure» and considers regional, economic and tourism policy issues.